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obama killed that back to the moon program saying we've been there, we've done that. this is a big debate. should we go back to the moon or not. where people want to go is mars. an argument could be made to go but in the meantime we still have this big rocket and this space capsule. the mission where you capture this rock and orbit it, capture it and do an eba, a space walk with a couple of astronauts and bring samples back. a lot of moving parts though. we call it mission improbable to gamble this is really going to happen based on nasa's timetable. >> it's all caught up on this question of what is nasa's mission now going forward.->> yes. what is nasa trying to do. what's the point of this is. this is an agency that's done incredible things. and some day maybe nasa will lead an international effort to put people on mars. that's the goal that everyone wants to do. short of that maybe get people to orbit around mars. shore of that maybe somebody can go to a near earth asteroid. this is one step behind that. this is exg acompellingexamining a rock. >> is it more than t
obama killed that back to the moon program saying we've been there, we've done that. this is a big debate. should we go back to the moon or not. where people want to go is mars. an argument could be made to go but in the meantime we still have this big rocket and this space capsule. the mission where you capture this rock and orbit it, capture it and do an eba, a space walk with a couple of astronauts and bring samples back. a lot of moving parts though. we call it mission improbable to gamble...
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obama said we've done that. this is a big debate, should we go back to the moon or not. no where people want to go is mars. an argument could be made that to go bac the moon doesn't but in the meantime we still have this big rocket and this space capsule. thi witness. well the asteroid redirect mission where you capture this rock bring it into orbit around the moon, go up, visit it in orbit, do a space walk with a couple astronauts, they willcouple examine it and bring samples back.bring samples back. a lot of moving we call it mission improbable because i don't think you'd want to gamble this is really going to happen based on nasa's timetable. they're hoping to do it by 2021.s all >> it's caught up in this question of what is nasa'smi mission now going forward.->> yes. what is nasa trying to do. what's the point of this. is. this is a agency that's done incredible things. and some day maybe nasa will lead an international effort to put people on mars. mars. that's the goal that everyoneeryon e wants to do. short of that maybe get the people in orbit around mars. short
obama said we've done that. this is a big debate, should we go back to the moon or not. no where people want to go is mars. an argument could be made that to go bac the moon doesn't but in the meantime we still have this big rocket and this space capsule. thi witness. well the asteroid redirect mission where you capture this rock bring it into orbit around the moon, go up, visit it in orbit, do a space walk with a couple astronauts, they willcouple examine it and bring samples back.bring...
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if we're going to have a debate about who the extremist is on these issues, it is president obama, who as a state senator voted to protect doctors who killed babies who survived the abortion. it is not the republicans. ( cheers and applause ) >> woodruff: and romney joined in, after moderator john king of cnn pressed him to answer a question about what the american public knows about him. >> is there a misconception about you? the question is a misconception. >> a lack-- you know, you get to ask the questions you want; i get to give the answers i want. ( audience reacts ) >> woodruff: all four candidates again defended their opposition to the bailouts of auto giants general motors and chrysler. it's a point that president obama's re-election team highlighted in a new tv ad released today in michigan ahead of its upcoming g.o.p. primary. >> but when a million jobs were on the line... every republican candidate turned their back. even said, "let detroit go bankrupt". not him. >> don't bet against the american auto industry. >> woodruff: the president spent today in florida, where he addr
if we're going to have a debate about who the extremist is on these issues, it is president obama, who as a state senator voted to protect doctors who killed babies who survived the abortion. it is not the republicans. ( cheers and applause ) >> woodruff: and romney joined in, after moderator john king of cnn pressed him to answer a question about what the american public knows about him. >> is there a misconception about you? the question is a misconception. >> a lack-- you...
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and president obama and mitt romney stayed out of sight as they prepped for their first debate, wednesday night. kwame holman previews some of what we have for you on our web site, including more advice for people facing social security quandaries. >> holman: in today's installment of "ask larry," retirement expert laurence kotlikoff takes your questions on social security, including how marriage might change disability benefits for mental illness. we take a spin in a "driverless" car in california, where new legislation allows automatically piloted vehicles access to the open road. and poet sharon olds reads some of her work on art beat. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we report on the race in north carolina, which president obama turned blue four years ago, with the help of an historic african-american turnout. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided b
and president obama and mitt romney stayed out of sight as they prepped for their first debate, wednesday night. kwame holman previews some of what we have for you on our web site, including more advice for people facing social security quandaries. >> holman: in today's installment of "ask larry," retirement expert laurence kotlikoff takes your questions on social security, including how marriage might change disability benefits for mental illness. we take a spin in a...
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you have to open up to debate. barack obama ran on transparency and open debate. i don't see that being present in this. >> pelley: . >> a couple things. first, we live an age of data. what the government has done to our phone records, private companies are doing that every single day. if you have a credit card, they're looking at the vast array of spending patterns every single day. this is happening to us every single day. this is part of the age we live in. should we have known that they are doing this to the phone records? to some extent we already did know this but we probably should have known. the secrecy of the program was a mistake, i agree. >> woodruff: in other words, you're saying the government should have told everybody "we're doing this." but then the other argument is they're telling the terrorists. >> if you're aa terrorist you assume the phone records are being used in this way. but they stillave the responsibility if they see somebody -- if they see these boston guys, the bombers, calling some number and then they want to trace the links to that
you have to open up to debate. barack obama ran on transparency and open debate. i don't see that being present in this. >> pelley: . >> a couple things. first, we live an age of data. what the government has done to our phone records, private companies are doing that every single day. if you have a credit card, they're looking at the vast array of spending patterns every single day. this is happening to us every single day. this is part of the age we live in. should we have known...
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care debate because they were looking for less of an age rating or i should say a looser age rating ban. they knew that young people were going to be charged more than their fair share to subsidize a health insurance plan for older, sicker americans. it's unfair and it's bad policy. it crushes us in our leanest years by taking more of our hard-earned wealth in order to subsidize those that have more than us. >> suarez: the market opens in several months. that october 1 day is is looming. are you starting from square one with a lot of people in this age range about what is out there, what it means for them and what's available to them now? >> i see two challenges. the first challenge i see is making sure that young people who have never or a locality of them have never actually experienced the insurance market, again for a variety of reasons, traditionally there weren't low-cost options available, really beginning to understand what insurance means. what a deductible is, what a copay is, how that impacts their choices and what choices they decide to make. that's one piece of it. the
care debate because they were looking for less of an age rating or i should say a looser age rating ban. they knew that young people were going to be charged more than their fair share to subsidize a health insurance plan for older, sicker americans. it's unfair and it's bad policy. it crushes us in our leanest years by taking more of our hard-earned wealth in order to subsidize those that have more than us. >> suarez: the market opens in several months. that october 1 day is is looming....
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. >> brown: we debate the obama administration's enviromental record under jackson's tenure with michael brune, executive director of the sierra club, one of the oldest environmental groups in the country. and kenneth green, senior fellow on energy and natural resources for the fraser institute, a canadian based think tank. making brune, we start with you. a quick overview first. four years in as the obama administration -- has the obama administration achieved what you'd hoped for? >> four years in the obama administration has done a great job and they do have some unfinished business but when you look at doubling the vehicle efficiency in just four years, that's a remarkable achievement. taking the amount of mercury and arsenic and die i don't think serious bodily injurys and air toxics out of the atmosphere from coal-fired power plants, that's an amazing victory. when you add on top of that a rule that was just announced last month to limit the amount of soot coming from power plant facilities across the country, those are just three rules among dozens that have had a big impact on ke
. >> brown: we debate the obama administration's enviromental record under jackson's tenure with michael brune, executive director of the sierra club, one of the oldest environmental groups in the country. and kenneth green, senior fellow on energy and natural resources for the fraser institute, a canadian based think tank. making brune, we start with you. a quick overview first. four years in as the obama administration -- has the obama administration achieved what you'd hoped for?...
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if they could, in fact, leapfrog beyond that to force a debate about as you look into the future, which of these candidates is going to be better fur as a middle class parent or family? and they came up with that frame which he unveiled really at the speech he did at the end of 2011 in kansas, and that was a very important part of what they were able to do. >> ifill: at the same time, they were speak to a different demgraphic model than the republicans were at the end of this election. >> well, i mean, one of the-- one of the great failings, if you will, of the romney campaign was an inability to recognize what the shape of the electorate was likely to be like. one of the things we've seen election by election by election is the quite share of the electorate in a presidential election has gone down steadily as the country has become more diverse. and the romney campaign, i think, believed-- or wanted to believe that that might be at least reversed or even held steady, and in fact, the obama campaign-- i mean, i sat down with jim mussina the campaign manager in the spring and he said, "h
if they could, in fact, leapfrog beyond that to force a debate about as you look into the future, which of these candidates is going to be better fur as a middle class parent or family? and they came up with that frame which he unveiled really at the speech he did at the end of 2011 in kansas, and that was a very important part of what they were able to do. >> ifill: at the same time, they were speak to a different demgraphic model than the republicans were at the end of this election....
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macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: job growth slowed last month, unwelcome news for president obama's re-election bid, and a talking point for mitt romney's campaign. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we debate the candidates' policy prescriptions, and the impact of the new numbers on any bounce for democrats after their convention. >> woodruff: ray suarez examines the pakistan-based insurgents known as the haqqani network, designated a terrorist group by the state department. >> brown: what will it take to convince voters still on the fence? margaret warner talked to a group of undecided virginians who watched the president's speech last night. >> i would have liked a lot more optimism, a lot more energy about moving forward. >> it didn't change my mind. it didn't change my opinion. it didn't offer anything that i didn't really know before. >> woodruff: back from two weeks of political conventions are mark shields and david brooks. >> brown: and who's calling the penalties and signaling the touchdowns? the football season begin
macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: job growth slowed last month, unwelcome news for president obama's re-election bid, and a talking point for mitt romney's campaign. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we debate the candidates' policy prescriptions, and the impact of the new numbers on any bounce for democrats after their convention. >> woodruff: ray suarez examines the pakistan-based insurgents known as the haqqani...
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. >> brown: we debate the merits of president obama's jobs bill with two senators: michigan democrat carl levin and georgia republican johnny isakson. >> ifill: john merrow examines the dilemma faced by a pennsylvania school system that spent big on a state-of-the-art facility. >> reporter: the economic crisis hit. like rural school districts all across the country, this school had to put its ambitious dreams on hold almost overnight. the challenge became to make ends meet. >> brown: and ray suarez talks to a 94-year-old former french resistance fighter who urges young people to take to the streets and show their outrage. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> computing surrounds us. sometimes it's obvious and sometimes it's very surprising on where you find it. soon computing intelligence in unexpected places will change our lives and truly profound ways. technology can provide customizeded experiences, tailored to individual consumer preferences. igniting a world of possibilities from the inside out, sponsoring
. >> brown: we debate the merits of president obama's jobs bill with two senators: michigan democrat carl levin and georgia republican johnny isakson. >> ifill: john merrow examines the dilemma faced by a pennsylvania school system that spent big on a state-of-the-art facility. >> reporter: the economic crisis hit. like rural school districts all across the country, this school had to put its ambitious dreams on hold almost overnight. the challenge became to make ends meet....
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. >> ifill: tomorrow, we'll get reaction to the obama plan from economists douglas holtz eakin and paul krugman. still to come tonight on the "newshour": paul solman on the coming debt ceiling debate; gas prices spike again; the standoff in libya and health hazards for iphone workers. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the u.s. economy has improved in every part of the country this spring. the federal reserve released the findings today, in its regional survey. on wall street, the news helped stocks recover from early losses. the dow jones industrial average gained seven points to close just under 12,271. the nasdaq rose 16 points to close at 2,761. in pakistan, intelligence officials reported u.s. drone aircraft killed six suspected taliban fighters today. the officials said drones fired seven missiles in a forested region of south waziristan near the afghan border. pakistan's spy chief met with c.i.a. director leon panetta on monday, and reportedly asked for new limits on the missile attacks. former egyptian president hosni mubarak has been
. >> ifill: tomorrow, we'll get reaction to the obama plan from economists douglas holtz eakin and paul krugman. still to come tonight on the "newshour": paul solman on the coming debt ceiling debate; gas prices spike again; the standoff in libya and health hazards for iphone workers. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the u.s. economy has improved in every part of the country this spring. the federal reserve released the...
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president obama appealed for compromise. and new economic data released by the commerce department showed u.s. growth is slowing considerably. that news-- combined with the debt ceiling debate in washington-- dragged down stocks on wall street. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the "newshour" online. hari? >> sreenivasan: gwen ifill reflects on washington's war of words as the debt debate gets down to the wire. for a different perspective on the aftermath of the norway attacks find jeff's conversation with best-selling norwegian crime novelist and former justice minister ann holt. that's on art beat. and on a lighter note, ever wonder how other nations beer- guzzling habits compare to ours? paul solman has an interactive graphic that examines drinking patterns and how they relate to economics on his "making sense" page. all that and more is on our web site: newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on monday, we'll update the debt talks, a day ahead of the deadline for default. plus, pau
president obama appealed for compromise. and new economic data released by the commerce department showed u.s. growth is slowing considerably. that news-- combined with the debt ceiling debate in washington-- dragged down stocks on wall street. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the "newshour" online. hari? >> sreenivasan: gwen ifill reflects on washington's war of words as the debt debate gets down to the wire. for a different perspective on the aftermath of the norway...
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night, the president urged americans to let their lawmakers know how they feel about the debt limit debate. by this morning congressional officials were reporting the house switchboard was near capacity and suggested back-up numbers but with votes on both plans scheduled for as early as tomorrow, it was far from clear either debt limit proposal has enough support to pass the house and senate and be sent to the president. on the senate floor, democratic leader reed urged republicans to help give his plan the 60 vote super majority it likely will need. >> every single spending cut in the proposal has already been endorsed by republicans. have already been voted for by republicans in both houses of congress. in short it's everything republicans have demanded wrapped up in a bow and delivered to their door. >> reporter: reed suggested boehner's plan had no hope in the senate. >> speaker boehner's plan is is not a compromise. it was written for the tea party. not the american people. democrats will not vote for it. democrats will not vote for it. democrats will not vote for it. it's dead on arr
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, has changed just under barack obama. there was a time when democrats were seen as soft and you could hear the echoes of that language that somehow he'd turned over the prosecution of the war on terror to the a.c.l.u., i think was one of the charges that representative bachmann made. that must be news to the c.i.a. after the capture and elimination of osama bin laden. and then the use of drones, to the extent they have been. but it's interesting because while obama is just in terrible, terrible shape on question of people's approval of his handling of the economy, disapproval, basically, on his handling of terrorism, americans almost by a two to one margin approves of what he's done. that changedly the dynamic. it was always interesting to see newt gingrich emerge-- he is somebody who i think i owe an apology to because when his entire staff quit and he stopped raising money, and went to the greek isle with his wife, i said this guy is dead. and he said, no, i will climb back in through the debates. and through my big ide
, has changed just under barack obama. there was a time when democrats were seen as soft and you could hear the echoes of that language that somehow he'd turned over the prosecution of the war on terror to the a.c.l.u., i think was one of the charges that representative bachmann made. that must be news to the c.i.a. after the capture and elimination of osama bin laden. and then the use of drones, to the extent they have been. but it's interesting because while obama is just in terrible,...
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, that seems where the debate is among economists and the academy. would be great to see obama merge those two. >> woodruff: are there other solution it is president should be putting out there? >> i think his solutions are all -- sense. but they are -- they're not new. i mean, that's the problem and that gives speaker boehner and the others a chance to take a pot shot at it. but it is -- it's an enormous -- i mean, increasing the minimum wage is good. early childhood education. they're all good. job training. those are all good ideas and i think they're all important. but i -- i don't think -- it's not let's marge. and it's tough, let's be blunt about it. it's tough for a president in this environment 24/7 all the rest of it for a presidential speech to break through. i mean, you know, it really is -- it isn't like when i was young or even when david was young when a president spoke i mean, it kind of commanded the attention of the nation. and i think it's tough to do that. >> i remember when i was young and george w. bush was speaking. >> that's ri
, that seems where the debate is among economists and the academy. would be great to see obama merge those two. >> woodruff: are there other solution it is president should be putting out there? >> i think his solutions are all -- sense. but they are -- they're not new. i mean, that's the problem and that gives speaker boehner and the others a chance to take a pot shot at it. but it is -- it's an enormous -- i mean, increasing the minimum wage is good. early childhood education....
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. >> warner: now glenn, meanwhile let's turn to president obama. because you all document in the book that his handlers, his vitzers had serious concerns about his performance even before the first debate. explain. >> to me this is the most fascinating reporting that we did, or i did in the book. early in the summer, actually late in the summer in august, his campaign produced a document, a strategic document, sort of a bible for how he was going to proceed against romney in the first debate in denver. and what they advised him to do was to be as aggressive as possible, and to call romney on some of the contradiction in his record. well wa, happened in september, the 47% video surfaced and obama's senior advisors particularly david axelrod and anita dunn advised him to back off a little bit, look a little more presidentialment don't take those kinds of caustic shots at romney. and what resulted, what i learned through my reporting was that the handlers weren't just up set with obama, obama was really up set with them. he felt that at some point in
. >> warner: now glenn, meanwhile let's turn to president obama. because you all document in the book that his handlers, his vitzers had serious concerns about his performance even before the first debate. explain. >> to me this is the most fascinating reporting that we did, or i did in the book. early in the summer, actually late in the summer in august, his campaign produced a document, a strategic document, sort of a bible for how he was going to proceed against romney in the...
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here for the 2008 obama-mccain debate. but it doesn't always work. >> the debate in foul... 2004 between john kerry and george w. bush i literally forgot whether or not, uh-oh, is this a new question or is this a follow-up question? my mind just went blank. i had to make a decision. i just guessed right. >> brown: the book highlights so-called major moments in debate history. the ones that come to define an event and sometimes a candidate. george h.w.bush looking at his watch in 1992. >> there you go again. >> brown: those zingers from ronald reagan that wounded jimmy carter in 1980. in the documentary "debating our destiny" jim went back to talk to candidates about their experience of the debates and had the chance to ask whether they prepared famous lines ahead of time. >> i asked ronald reagan about "there you go again" and a couple of others. "no, no, no, it just came to me." >> no, it just seemed to be the thing to say to what he was saying up there. >> brown: did you believe him? >> i don't know if i did or didn't. i
here for the 2008 obama-mccain debate. but it doesn't always work. >> the debate in foul... 2004 between john kerry and george w. bush i literally forgot whether or not, uh-oh, is this a new question or is this a follow-up question? my mind just went blank. i had to make a decision. i just guessed right. >> brown: the book highlights so-called major moments in debate history. the ones that come to define an event and sometimes a candidate. george h.w.bush looking at his watch in...
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bush and then barack obama on the need, as your other guests said, for strong keynesian stimulus when the entire financial system internationally seemed on the brink of collapse. whereas in the last two or three months, certainly since the election, it's been clear that the british debate has diverged from that in the united states and that even the labour opposition, with few exceptions, doesn't argue any longer that you need a purely keynesian response. there are voices within labour who still believe that but the people who are on the front bench, that is the leader of the opposition and the shadow chancellor are pretty much on board with the need at some stage to confront the deficit as a priority. >> brown: ned temko in london, zanny minton beddoes here, thank you both. >> lehrer: now to some campaign politics: both major political parties are waging a heated below-the-radar battle to win control of statehouses across the country. that's because with new census numbers state legislators are poised to redraw america's political map. "newshour" correspondent kwame holman has the la
bush and then barack obama on the need, as your other guests said, for strong keynesian stimulus when the entire financial system internationally seemed on the brink of collapse. whereas in the last two or three months, certainly since the election, it's been clear that the british debate has diverged from that in the united states and that even the labour opposition, with few exceptions, doesn't argue any longer that you need a purely keynesian response. there are voices within labour who...
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debate where romney says let's repeal obama care, and obama says wait,. that's a core issue for a lot of republicans. the second one for a lot of republicans, eye lot of americans, there is a lot more hostility of wall street, and bain capital, he sort of symbolizes that. people will use the fact that he supported the tarp, the wall street bailout, so-called. they will use that against him, and i would say he doesn't generate much enthusiasm as mark said. there's not much hostility but for a nominee astonishingly little enthusiasm. weaknesses to go along with the strengths. >> the problem, to david's point bain capital where he did make his money, or does have his business cred, street cred in business, they were known for closing down companies and downsizing. so at a time when jobs-- i think jobs are going to be big oast issue rather than health care. health care is a core republican galvanizing and organizing principle, but if you're talking about the electorate at large, it really is jobs. >> lehrer: what do you make of sarah palin's bus tour to histo
debate where romney says let's repeal obama care, and obama says wait,. that's a core issue for a lot of republicans. the second one for a lot of republicans, eye lot of americans, there is a lot more hostility of wall street, and bain capital, he sort of symbolizes that. people will use the fact that he supported the tarp, the wall street bailout, so-called. they will use that against him, and i would say he doesn't generate much enthusiasm as mark said. there's not much hostility but for a...
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. >> reporter: as the debate cranks up, president obama will stay on the road tonight, leaving snowy iowa for arizona, on a three-day tour of five battleground states. >> ifill: now, where the president's state of the union speech hit and missed the mark. glenn kessler writes the factcheck column for the "washington post." he joins me now. so, glenn, these big speeches to joint sessions of congress are by definition full of glittering political generalities. how do you tell... how do you begin to measure what's true and what's not? >> well, i take what the president says or what any speaker like that, particularly if they throw out facts and figures i try to go and look at the source of where have that fact and figure came from. particularly in a case of the state of the union address. it's very much like the prosecutor's case in a final argument in a trial. he's going to make his case and so he often will skip over things that are... that don't support his case and so that's where i come in and try to provide some additional context or the facts as they may be. >> ifill: well, help
. >> reporter: as the debate cranks up, president obama will stay on the road tonight, leaving snowy iowa for arizona, on a three-day tour of five battleground states. >> ifill: now, where the president's state of the union speech hit and missed the mark. glenn kessler writes the factcheck column for the "washington post." he joins me now. so, glenn, these big speeches to joint sessions of congress are by definition full of glittering political generalities. how do you...
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of the day: president obama announced u.s. military transport planes will help airlift thousands of egyptian workers who've fled libya for tunisia. and he did not rule out imposing a no fly zone over libya. stocks shot up on hopeful signs about hiring. the dow jones industrial average gained 191 points. and german authorities said an ethnic albanian man has confessed to killing two american airmen on wednesday. they said the gunman may have been driven by islamic militancy. and to kwame holman for what's on the "newshour" online. kwame? >> holman: you can watch all of president obama's news conference with mexican president calderon and read dispatches from juarez by a new america media reporter. that's on our "world" page. plus on paul solman's "making sense" page, we've posted the winning song from our financial crisis lyrics-writing contest sung by economics country crooner merle hazard all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> bro
of the day: president obama announced u.s. military transport planes will help airlift thousands of egyptian workers who've fled libya for tunisia. and he did not rule out imposing a no fly zone over libya. stocks shot up on hopeful signs about hiring. the dow jones industrial average gained 191 points. and german authorities said an ethnic albanian man has confessed to killing two american airmen on wednesday. they said the gunman may have been driven by islamic militancy. and to kwame holman...
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. >> lehrer: the debate over the new start nuclear arms treaty with russia. the obama administration today again urged the senate to ratify it before the end of the year. margaret warner has our story. >> warner: the obama administration stepped up the pressure today to approve a new nuclear weapons treaty with russia before this congress expires. secretary of state hillary clinton went to the capitol, to urge the lame-duck senate to vote now. >> for anyone to think that we can postpone it or we can avoid it is, i'm afraid, vastly underestimating the continuing threat that is posed to our country. so we hope our friends in the senate will bring this up, pass this treaty, and then i can inform the russians that it's now their... you know, their turn to do the same. >> warner: clinton was responding to senator jon kyl, the republicans' point man on the issue. he stunned the administration yesterday, saying he did not think the treaty should be brought up in the lame duck session. he cited the press of other business and unresolved issues on the treaty. new star
. >> lehrer: the debate over the new start nuclear arms treaty with russia. the obama administration today again urged the senate to ratify it before the end of the year. margaret warner has our story. >> warner: the obama administration stepped up the pressure today to approve a new nuclear weapons treaty with russia before this congress expires. secretary of state hillary clinton went to the capitol, to urge the lame-duck senate to vote now. >> for anyone to think that we...
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with budgets tight, implementation by cash-strapped counties appears problematic. >> ifill: president obama heads back to washington tonight, as house republicans call on the senate to come up with a plan to avert the fiscal cliff. with prospects still murky for a deal before year's end, what can government workers, wall street investors and taxpayers expect if lawmakers miss the deadline? for that, we turn to stacy palmer, editor of the chronicle of philanthropy. jackie simon, public policy director of the american federation of government employees. and hugh johnson, who runs an investment and advisory firm in albany, new york. you all represent different constituencies. i want to start with you, jackie. -- sorry, i want to start with you, stacy, and talk about philanthropy. this is the end of the year when people are making their decisions about whether they're going to get tax breaks or who they're going to give to. are people looking at the fiscal cliff and saying "i don't know"? >> absolutely. people are uncertain as to whether there's going to be a charitable deduction next year, thi
with budgets tight, implementation by cash-strapped counties appears problematic. >> ifill: president obama heads back to washington tonight, as house republicans call on the senate to come up with a plan to avert the fiscal cliff. with prospects still murky for a deal before year's end, what can government workers, wall street investors and taxpayers expect if lawmakers miss the deadline? for that, we turn to stacy palmer, editor of the chronicle of philanthropy. jackie simon, public...
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obama had shown some reticence, initially, to employ military power in libya but decided to use force after an extensive, internal administration debate >> although the efforts in libya are not yet over, nato has once more proven that it is the most capable alliance in the world and that its strength comes from both its firepower and the power of our democratic ideals. and the arab members of our coalition have stepped up and shown what can be achieved when we act together as equal partners. their actions sent a powerful message about the unity of our effort and our support for the future of libya. >> suarez: the president reserved a final word for the people who began and are on the verge of finishing this latest arab revolution. >> finally, the libyan people: your courage and character have been unbreakable in the face of the tyrant. an ocean divides us, but we are joined in the basic human longing for freedom, for justice and for dignity. your revolution is your own, and your sacrifices have been extraordinary. >> suarez: british prime minister david cameron stepped outside ten dow
obama had shown some reticence, initially, to employ military power in libya but decided to use force after an extensive, internal administration debate >> although the efforts in libya are not yet over, nato has once more proven that it is the most capable alliance in the world and that its strength comes from both its firepower and the power of our democratic ideals. and the arab members of our coalition have stepped up and shown what can be achieved when we act together as equal...
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well, essentially obama, the architecture of the obama plan is based on the architecture that romney innovated and really invented in massachusetts. so ever o the course of the last few years there's been a very lively debate on the right. some conservative intellectuals demanding that obama renounce his support for this plan and specifically for the individual mandate. this mandate from the state government in massachusetts, the federal government in obama's plan, that every one of us carry health insurance. and back when obama, excuse me back when romney proposed this plan, this was a pretty mainstream conservative idea, frankly there was a sort of fringe of libertarian conservatives who opposed it. and over the course of 2006 to 2010 what has happened in the republican party is that the libertarians really won this debate over the mandate and it's now become sort of the consensus among republicans that the government should not force each individual to carry health insurance. and romney is has decided that no, he's not going to apologise for that policy. he's going to defend it bu
well, essentially obama, the architecture of the obama plan is based on the architecture that romney innovated and really invented in massachusetts. so ever o the course of the last few years there's been a very lively debate on the right. some conservative intellectuals demanding that obama renounce his support for this plan and specifically for the individual mandate. this mandate from the state government in massachusetts, the federal government in obama's plan, that every one of us carry...
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we'll have full coverage of the supreme court arguments tomorrow. >> ifill: the immigration debate cuts both ways. as tom mentioned in his story, illegal border crossings are actually down. that's one fact documented in a new study. margaret warner has more. >> warner: that new study is from the pew hispanic center, and its findings are surprising. between 2005 and 2010, the wave of mexican immigrants, legal and illegal, into the u.s. was offset by an equal number of mexican migrants returning home. this new equilibrium partly reflects lower mexican immigration into the u.s., from 770,000 at its peak in 2000 to just 140,000 in 2010. but it also reflects an increase in the number of returnees to mexico, some 1.4 million between 2005 and 2010. for more on the numbers and what's behind them, we go to jeffrey passel, a senior demographer at the pew hispanic center and a co-author of the report. welcome. this is a fascinating report. >> thank you very much. >> warner: now, you've been studying immigration in the united states for decades. headline on this "net migration from mexico falls to
we'll have full coverage of the supreme court arguments tomorrow. >> ifill: the immigration debate cuts both ways. as tom mentioned in his story, illegal border crossings are actually down. that's one fact documented in a new study. margaret warner has more. >> warner: that new study is from the pew hispanic center, and its findings are surprising. between 2005 and 2010, the wave of mexican immigrants, legal and illegal, into the u.s. was offset by an equal number of mexican...
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it should be a very serious debate and because obama's stewardship has been an imperfect and flawed stewardship. if newt gingrich is the nominee, barack obama will coast to a second term. he will coast it a second term. >> lehrer: why? >> because it will be all about newt gingrich. newt gingrich is such a flawed vessel and such a flawed candidate. he has more skeletons than the harvard medical school lab does. and i'm telling you, it's-- it would be bad for the country. to have obama coast to a reelection untested, unchallenged, undiscussed, it is really going to be bad. >> lehrer: that's tough stuff. do you agree with that, david? >> i completely agree with it. people have forgotten a lot of things that have gone on in newt gingrich's life. i think he's enjoyable to be around. i cherish his presence on our stage but you look at his second marriage, let alone his first marriage. you look at the interview his second wife gave to "g.q."magazines. these are scathe character logical assassinations. you look at the lobbying he's done. you look at, as i said, how he managed the speakership. i think h
it should be a very serious debate and because obama's stewardship has been an imperfect and flawed stewardship. if newt gingrich is the nominee, barack obama will coast to a second term. he will coast it a second term. >> lehrer: why? >> because it will be all about newt gingrich. newt gingrich is such a flawed vessel and such a flawed candidate. he has more skeletons than the harvard medical school lab does. and i'm telling you, it's-- it would be bad for the country. to have...
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and we're still having that debate. in cyber it hasn't been a public debate but it's becoming one. president obama sitting in the situation room getting briefed on these attacks was very concerned about whether or not there could be collateral damage. whether you'd be shutting down hospitals, for example. he was quite concerned about whether or not countries might use the fact that the united states is using cyber weaponry to attack back at the u.s. >> brown: and that's very interesting because you quote people about being concerned about whether you're offering a justification for others to use it. >> that's right, that's right. now, many said to me the chinese, the russians, they've figured out by now that we have cyber weapons and they've figured it out because of stuxnet escaped. but these debates took place... we're at the infancy. we're in the equivalent moment of 1945 to '49 we were figuring out nuclear, we're at that moment right now with cyber. >> brown: so your revelations and other recent stories have, as we'
and we're still having that debate. in cyber it hasn't been a public debate but it's becoming one. president obama sitting in the situation room getting briefed on these attacks was very concerned about whether or not there could be collateral damage. whether you'd be shutting down hospitals, for example. he was quite concerned about whether or not countries might use the fact that the united states is using cyber weaponry to attack back at the u.s. >> brown: and that's very interesting...
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cheri's trying to sort of make lemonade from lemon here, but, boy, i sometimes think watching this debate right now that the obama campaign has some kind of sleeper agent in the republican party that is creating this kerfuffle because it can't be good for republicans. >> woodruff: you mean the controversy over contraception, birth control. >> calling sandra fluke a slut and prostitute. mitt romney, i thought, made a huge mistake and i was glad to see my conservative colleague george will calling him on it in being very, very timid in what he said. he said "i wouldn't have used those words." well, what words would you use? >> woodruff: how did this happen this year in this campaign? it started out as the obama administration issuing new regulations about birth control. how did... this is not where republicans would like it to be. >> it's not where the republicans would like it to be because that's the whole p.r. war has been... they lost at least the first part of the battle. i don't think republicans are going to lose on the substance if they can get back on track. when you're talking abo
cheri's trying to sort of make lemonade from lemon here, but, boy, i sometimes think watching this debate right now that the obama campaign has some kind of sleeper agent in the republican party that is creating this kerfuffle because it can't be good for republicans. >> woodruff: you mean the controversy over contraception, birth control. >> calling sandra fluke a slut and prostitute. mitt romney, i thought, made a huge mistake and i was glad to see my conservative colleague george...